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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1967
Page
2
Mechanization has raised farm efficiency but increased hazards for children from equipment and safety neglect. The observance, July 23 to 28, urges inspecting home appliances, labeling chemicals, removing fire traps, and repairing unsafe ladders and stairs to prevent tragedies on farm properties.
Local Jehovah's Witnesses from the Roblin district report their four day convention was among the largest on the Prairies with a peak attendance of 4455. Arnold W. MacNamara of the Watch Tower Society delivered the main address denouncing Armageddon as a bringer of happiness under God's plan and urging alignment with Jehovah. The event featured new minister training materials and 82 new ministers baptized on Friday.
Manitoba agricultural engineers from the Department of Agriculture say bluestone or copper sulfate best controls algae growth on lakes, sloughs and dugouts. Algae forms a green surface, clogs filters, and can odor. in worst cases it kills livestock.
Instructions outline using blue stone dissolved in alkaline water. Add Binestone in a warm morning, place in a porous sack, and walk the pond to dissolve all bluestone. Reapply every three weeks in July and August for algae control, with bluestone the only federally approved chemical in this province.
A Winnipeg writer jokes about receiving a City Community Service Award and recounts spotting a giant water beetle in a garden. He narrates the quirky incident, riffs on politics and culture, and ends with light social commentary from a humorous local voice.
Court notices and tender advertisements indicate a price of 12 cents per agate line with an additional 8 cents for each extra insertion. This pricing structure was noted for legal and public notices in the newspaper.
Memorial notice for Fred Tit anich who died July 20 1340 and a mother who passed July 7 1961. Family members from Kelowna B C thank the community for sympathy, flowers and visits. A separate tender notice from Roblin Manitoba seeks bids for heating systems and lighting in the Roblin Memorial Hall due by July 25 1967.
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